Steve, I think I might of missed the original post. What did you use for a spacer up front? I would like to try the same thing this weekend.
At 23:48 7/19/98 -0700, Steve wrote: >Yes, it's back to this topic again, but only because I have >something to report. I pre-loaded my front shocks today, >and have now pre-loaded front and rears. I had already >added an additional rear-spring donut between each rear >spring and spring perch. These are a little over 1/2 inch >thick to my recollection...Up front, I followed Harold >Yancy's lead and inserted spacers between the top spring >perch and the rubber that fits on top of the spring. I put >a 7/16inch spacer on the left and a 5/16" spacer on the >right.
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